February 13, 2025
A California federal judge on Thursday dismissed a woman's fraud claims accusing Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble of touting their Tampax and Kotex tampons as safe despite containing toxic levels of lead, saying that the putative class actions she filed lacked details on tests she asserted discovered the lead.
October 08, 2024
Kimberly-Clark moved Monday to toss a California woman's proposed class action accusing the personal care goods multinational of concealing unsafe lead levels in a line of its U by Kotex tampons, saying the consumer did not even say she used the tampons.
September 24, 2024
Since the FDA has announced it will be looking into claims that commercially available tampons contain harmful levels of heavy metals, Tampax owner Procter & Gamble believes it shouldn't have to keep fighting a proposed California federal class action targeting alleged lead levels in its own products.
July 31, 2024
Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble were each slapped with putative class actions in California federal court Tuesday claiming that some tampon products contain toxic levels of lead — and that the information was hidden from consumers.